Merlie M. Alunan

Merlie M. Alunan (born December 14, 1943, in Dingle, Iloilo) is a Filipina poet.

Life

Alunan graduated from Silliman University with an MA in Creative Writing in 1974. She teaches at the Creative Writing Center,[1] University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College.[2] She lives in Tacloban City.

Awards

Works

  • Heartstone, Sacred Tree, Anvil, 1993, ISBN 978-971-27-0301-0
  • Amina among the angels, University of the Philippines Press, 1997, ISBN 978-971-542-150-8
  • Selected poems, University of the Philippines Press, 2004, ISBN 978-971-542-443-1

Non-fiction

  • Kabilin: 100 Years of Negros Oriental, Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation, 1993

Edited

  • Fern Garden: An Anthology of Women Writing in the South, Committee on Literature, National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 1998, ISBN 978-971-91500-6-0

Anthologies

  • Songs of ourselves: writings by Filipino women in English, Editor Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz, Anvil Publishing, 1994, ISBN 978-971-27-0356-0
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